Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton lamented their Ferrari Components 1 automobile’s lack of high velocity after the Brazil Grand Prix dash – and had been at a loss to clarify it.
Leclerc and Hamilton certified eighth and eleventh respectively for the dash, with Leclerc overtly fighting the SF-25’s instability, which has been a recurrent theme this season.
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They managed to race as much as fifth and seventh on Saturday, which was solely down to 2 components – an incredible begin from each, and Oscar Piastri’s crash from third. The duo nonetheless had been unhappy with their equipment, ruing a scarcity of high velocity this time round.
“I imply, I loved the race,” Hamilton informed Sky Sports activities F1. “It was tough circumstances. I moved forwards – I had a extremely good begin. After which after that, the purple flag sort of neutralised it – I believe I had a reasonably first rate tempo up till then. Everybody bought recent tyres, it was simply actually tough to overhaul.
“However we do have issues with the stability of the automobile, and our high velocity is actually gradual, in order that’s why we will not overtake. So we have to see how we will sort out that into qualifying.”
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing
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Leclerc definitely is aware of how he’s going to sort out it, as he’s planning to ‘experiment’ in terms of his set-up for the rest of the weekend.
“This weekend has been very, very robust, sadly,” the Monegasque informed Sky. “We have now a difficulty on each automobiles; we can not fairly clarify what is going on on there. We’re shedding a number of lap time within the straight.
“We all know we have now greater downforce than others, however that does not clarify the hole that we see within the straight. So there’s one thing off that I hope we will perceive earlier than qualifying.
“I’ll [experiment] anyway with the set-up, as a result of for the time being we aren’t the place we need to be, and I do not assume it may be a lot worse than qualifying yesterday. So I’ll [experiment], and hopefully that can assist us to do a step ahead.”
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